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It is for truth that God created genius.

Alphonse de Lamartine

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Alphonse de Lamartine
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Notre-Dame-des-Vignes
Alphonse Marie de Lamartine
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Death, with funereal shades in vain surrounds me, My reason through his darkness seeth light: 'Tis the last step which brings me close to Thee: 'Tis the veil falling, 'twixt Thy face and mine.
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